The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-15
AMEDICAL MARVEL.
condiiion OF Mary iiakor, who has not swnl.
LII lowed Food for Eishty.four Days,

iowcu Food Tor Ei.hty.four Days.
LAFAYETTE, IND, Jan. A.-Tod day
correspondent visited and interviewe,
Miss Mary Bakor. the fasting girl Of Whit,
county, whose entire abstinence from nl
food or water for the period Of oishty.ioul
days, has ccllpsed the record Of Tanner arc
made her the medical marvel OF tho age
She Is at the house OF her step.iather
Louis Winters, who lives two and hall
miles northwest Of the village OF Buffalo,
IN tho extreme northeast corner OF Monon
township. Mary was lying on lounge In
corner OF the room, supported by CHAR
at her back and attended by sister, Upon
inquiry rs to how Bho felt to-day, she aaid
she did not feel as vol as usual. She
spoke In a low whisper, her answer being
explained by hcr sister. :"
In conversation with Mrs. Winters. the
mother Of tho stricken girl, 1t was learned
that Mary had lain there ust twelve weeks
To-day, without taking anything into her
stomach. Her HASTINGS commenced with
q relapse ftom spell OF sickness which
she had about n year ago, from which she
never fully recovered. she fell asleep and
slept five days and nights, since which
time abe haH taken no nourishment or
medicine more than 10 take It into her
mouth and Immediately throw II up,
Her mother. rs well as numerous watchers.
arc confident thst nothing has entered
the stomach for the time. OF eiEhty.four
days. ~.
While in the presence Of Mary the writer
saw her take somB water, which was 10
sooner taken than 1t was thrown up.
Morphine is injected in hor limbs eyery
four hours, from which she seemo to tini
immediate relief. Immediately sitter tho
operation the young lady looks remarka.
ply, we'll for one who has been confined to
bed 90 long. Her face has the warmth Of
person in usual heslth, while tho warmth
IN her arms is barely perceptibe. The
lower part oil her badly and lirnbs Is Ecsrct.
ly anything but skin aud bono. -
D. J. II. Crothcr, Of Chicago, who Was
at her bedside, sa;d she was evidently
iaborlng under complication OF diseases
but near neighbor, L. NJ. Dill, who
visits the family daily, told your cores
ponden. that Miss Blker had been under
medical treatment almost constantly b7
the leadisg physicians OF the country, in
Guiding several distinguished practitioners
OF st. Louis and indianapolis, none OF
whom have been abe to disgnose her
case satisfactorily, aud all are free
TO admit that no similar case has
ever come nuder their observation or
reading in the books. DR.. C1o,her said it
was impossible to ameliorats her condi.
tion or suffering save by the adnlinistra.
ton OF morphine hypodermically. At
regular intervals she suffers intense agony,
occasioned by spasmodic contractions Of
tho muscle, sometimes Of the hand, arm,
neck, lace, lover extremitiea, or perhaps
the ensiro body, during which time she is
unable to speak aloud, those in intend
ance being requested to rub tho affected
parts briskly with the hand.
Miss Baker before her eickrcss was the
bells Of the Monon Valley, and a most
beautiful young lady, with great intel
lectual powers. She won all the prizes at
county seminary before her graduation,
and had contributed some poems TO the
columns Of tho Monticello Herald that at
tracted considerable notice in the State.
The case is all That it has heretofore been
represented, and ia beyond doubt the
most remarkable Of tho kind known to
the presesent generation, or that has
come to the attention Of the medical
word IN this or any other age.